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Philippe Ravassard

Philippe Ravassard

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
11930
World Ranking
18244
National Ranking
827

Overview

Philippe Ravassard is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed broadly to research within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work encompasses molecular biology, surgery, neurology, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

The main research topics in their body of work include:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling

Ravassard's publication record includes papers on diverse biomedical issues, published in several peer-reviewed venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Patient-Derived Midbrain Organoids to Explore the Molecular Basis of Parkinson's Disease," 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • "The HASTER lncRNA promoter is a cis-acting transcriptional stabilizer of HNF1A," 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Regulated expression and function of the GABAB receptor in human pancreatic beta cell line and islets," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "EndoC-βH5 cells are storable and ready-to-use human pancreatic beta cells with physiological insulin secretion," 2023, Molecular Metabolism
  • "The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis M114T PFN1 Mutation Deregulates Alternative Autophagy Pathways and Mitochondrial Homeostasis," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The frequent publication venues where Ravassard's work has appeared include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Scientific Reports

Collaboration forms an important aspect of Ravassard's research activity. Frequent co-authors contributing to their work are Benjamin Galet, Javier García-Hurtado, Jorge Ferrer, M.A. Maestro, and Raphaël Scharfmann. The degrees of collaboration vary, with up to seven joint publications documented for some co-authors.

Best Publications

  • A Third Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Expressed by Cholinergic and Serotoninergic Neurons

    Christelle Gras;Etienne Herzog;Gian Carlo Bellenchi;Véronique Bernard

  • A genetically engineered human pancreatic β cell line exhibiting glucose-inducible insulin secretion

    Philippe Ravassard;Yasmine Hazhouz;Séverine Pechberty;Emilie Bricout-Neveu

  • The Existence of a Second Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Specifies Subpopulations of Glutamatergic Neurons

    Etienne Herzog;Gian Carlo Bellenchi;Christelle Gras;Véronique Bernard

  • The Ectopic Expression of Pax4 in the Mouse Pancreas Converts Progenitor Cells into α and Subsequently β Cells

    Patrick Collombat;Xiaobo Xu;Philippe Ravassard;Philippe Ravassard;Beatriz Sosa-Pineda

  • Pancreatic islet enhancer clusters enriched in type 2 diabetes risk-associated variants

    Lorenzo Pasquali;Kyle J Gaulton;Kyle J Gaulton;Kyle J Gaulton;Santiago A Rodríguez-Seguí;Loris Mularoni

  • Human β Cell Transcriptome Analysis Uncovers lncRNAs That Are Tissue-Specific, Dynamically Regulated, and Abnormally Expressed in Type 2 Diabetes

    Ignasi Morán;İldem Akerman;Martijn van de Bunt;Martijn van de Bunt;Ruiyu Xie

  • Insulin storage and glucose homeostasis in mice null for the granule zinc transporter ZnT8 and studies of the type 2 diabetes-associated variants

    Tamara J. Nicolson;Elisa A. Bellomo;Nadeeja Wijesekara;Merewyn K. Loder

  • Localization of VGLUT3, the vesicular glutamate transporter type 3, in the rat brain

    E Herzog;J Gilchrist;C Gras;A Muzerelle

  • Intravenous scAAV9 delivery of a codon-optimized SMN1 sequence rescues SMA mice

    Elisa Dominguez;Thibaut Marais;Nicolas Chatauret;Nicolas Chatauret;Sofia Benkhelifa-Ziyyat

  • The inactivation of Arx in pancreatic α-cells triggers their neogenesis and conversion into functional β-like cells.

    Monica Courtney;Elisabet Gjernes;Noémie Druelle;Christophe Ravaud;Christophe Ravaud;Christophe Ravaud

  • Neurotoxic Activation of Microglia Is Promoted by a Nox1-Dependent NADPH Oxidase

    Cyril Chéret;Annie Gervais;Aurélia Lelli;Catherine Colin

  • Identification and characterization of a lysosomal transporter for small neutral amino acids

    Corinne Sagné;Cendra Agulhon;Philippe Ravassard;Michèle Darmon

  • Human pancreatic islet three-dimensional chromatin architecture provides insights into the genetics of type 2 diabetes

    Irene Miguel-Escalada;Silvia Bonàs-Guarch;Inês Cebola;Joan Ponsa-Cobas

  • IN VITRO PROLIFERATION OF CELLS DERIVED FROM ADULT HUMAN BETA CELLS REVEALED BY CELL-LINEAGE TRACING

    Holger A. Russ;Yael Bar;Philippe Ravassard;Shimon Efrat

  • Human Pancreatic β Cell lncRNAs Control Cell-Specific Regulatory Networks

    Ildem Akerman;Ildem Akerman;Zhidong Tu;Anthony Beucher;Delphine M Y Rolando

  • Adult duct-lining cells can reprogram into β-like cells able to counter repeated cycles of toxin-induced diabetes.

    Keith Al-Hasani;Anja Pfeifer;Anja Pfeifer;Anja Pfeifer;Monica Courtney;Monica Courtney;Monica Courtney;Nouha Ben-Othman;Nouha Ben-Othman;Nouha Ben-Othman

  • A Tetranucleotide Polymorphic Microsatellite, Located in the First Intron of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene, Acts as a Transcription Regulatory Element in Vitro

    Rolando Meloni;Véronique Albanèse;Philippe Ravassard;Fabienne Treilhou

  • Development of a conditionally immortalized human pancreatic β cell line

    Raphaël Scharfmann;Severine Pechberty;Yasmine Hazhouz;Manon von Bülow

  • Rfx6 is an Ngn3-dependent winged helix transcription factor required for pancreatic islet cell development.

    Josselin Soyer;Lydie Flasse;Wolfgang Raffelsberger;Anthony Beucher

  • In Vitro Proliferation of Cells Derived From Adult Human β-Cells Revealed By Cell-Lineage Tracing. Commentary

    Nils Bwestrup;Timo Otonkoski;Holger A. Russ;Yael Bar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Mallet
Jacques Mallet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Raphael Scharfmann
Raphael Scharfmann Université Paris Cité
Jorge Ferrer
Jorge Ferrer Imperial College London
Paul Czernichow
Paul Czernichow Grenoble Alpes University
Lorenzo Piemonti
Lorenzo Piemonti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Harry Heimberg
Harry Heimberg Vrije Universiteit Brussel
François Pattou
François Pattou University of Lille
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Salah El Mestikawy
Salah El Mestikawy Douglas Mental Health University Institute

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